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On 3 November 2026, CJEU Advocate General Szpunar delivered an Opinion examining when AI chatbots’ use of online news may infringe press publishers’ rights. His proposed approach d…
Après les cyberattaques visant les frigos connectés de supermarchés, qui assume les pertes dans un réseau de franchise ? Lexing examine le devoir d'assistance et d'information du f…
Une entreprise qui fait créer son logo ou son identité visuelle par un graphiste indépendant n’en détient pas automatiquement les droits d’auteur. Sans cession écrite et précise, l…
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Een generiek AI-model kent het recht, maar niet jouw werkwijze. ICTRecht le…
AVG, DORA, NIS2, CRA, CER en de AI Act: steeds meer wetten leggen vergelijk…
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Om geldig te zijn moet een merk onderscheidend vermogen hebben: het merk moet voor de consument de waren en diensten van een bepaalde onderneming duid…
In September 2020, the European Commission adopted the Digital Finance Package, including a digital finance strategy and legislative proposals on…
The use of mobile applications (“apps”) for health, lifestyle, and general well-being, has significantly increased over the last five years, and is st…
Le 31 janvier dernier, le Royaume-Uni a officiellement quitté l’Union Européenne. Cependant, l’accord de retrait, entré en vigueur le 1er février…
De Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit behandelde een dossier na aangifte door een Belgische onderneming van een gegevenslek.
On 1 December 2020, the first part of the law of 8 July 2018 reforming the profession of patent attorney and creating a Belgian Institute fo…
In recent years, insurance and reinsurance companies have taken an increasing interest in using the services of cloud service providers. This has led …
The Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) published on 30 November 2020 a cooperation agreement with DNS Belgium, the registry for .be, on the cons…
The CJEU ruling from 16 July 2020 in the Schrems II case created a lot of uncertainty for organisations transferring personal data…
The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) published 15 recommendations for (re)insurance companies that outsource to cloud service providers. These…
The Court of Justice of the European Union delivers judgments regarding the concept of “communication to the public” faster than legal scholars can re…
On 11 November 2020, the EDPB published (in concept) its long-awaited recommendations concerning the transfer of personal data following Schrems II. M…
In the Schrems II judgment of 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice ruled that the transfer of personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) on …
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) rendered its judgment (Case C‑61/19) in a case (Orange România SA v. Autoritatea Naţională de …
Yes, employee consent is possible in certain circumstances – but do not assume old processing activities fully comply. That, in summary, was the posit…
After a long, four-month wait, we finally have recommendations from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on “supplementary measures” in the conte…
Trademark applicants and owners often receive documents asking for payments related to a trademark or design application or renewal. Cautiousness is h…
As part of the European Digital Strategy, the European Commission has announced a Digital Services Act package to strengthen the Single Market for dig…
A trademark which has not been put to Genuine use by its owner or an authorised third party within five years after its registration is liable to revo…
An employee is leaving a company. It happens all the time. But what do we do about their MS Outlook 365 account? The Litigation Chamber of the Belgian…
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